noun:

• one's best form

noun:

• form of verse; verse form; poetic form

noun:

• form of transport; mode of transport

noun:

• manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

noun:

• for form's sake; a mere token

noun:

• form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course

noun:

• tendency to form collusive ties; predisposition to generate cozy (collusive) relationships - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to form a line; to queue up; to line up

noun:

• singular form (of a noun)

noun:

• earth form of "good luck" character

noun:

• simplified form (of a kanji); any of 22 simplified non-joyo kanji variants commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• weeping form (e.g. tree) ➜ しだれ桜【しだれざくら】

noun:

• request form

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun / ~の noun:

• constitutive form

noun:

• form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of polite speech (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") ➜ ですます体

noun:

• form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 空即是色

noun:

• imperative form; command - Linguistics term

noun:

• democratic form of government

noun:

• word form - Linguistics term

noun:

• (historical) banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "gu"; "ga" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• personal information form; dossier on an individual - four character idiom

noun:

• simplified form of a kanji